linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Try to avoid poor patch subject lines

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Message-ID: <1423160064.4752.9.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:14:24 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Try to avoid poor patch subject lines

Naming the tool that found an issue in the subject line isn't
very useful.   Emit a warning when a common tool (currently
checkpatch, sparse or smatch) is in the subject line.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Inspired-by: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3642b0d..b6bed59 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2170,6 +2170,13 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# Check email subject for common tools that don't need to be mentioned
+		if ($in_header_lines &&
+		    $line =~ /^Subject:.*\b(?:checkpatch|sparse|smatch)\b[^:]/i) {
+			WARN("EMAIL_SUBJECT",
+			     "A patch subject line should describe the change not the tool that found it\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # Check for old stable address
 		if ($line =~ /^\s*cc:\s*.*<?\bstable\@kernel\.org\b>?.*$/i) {
 			ERROR("STABLE_ADDRESS",



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